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In this work, an energy based k satisfiability reverse analysis incorporating a Hopfield neural network is proposed to extract the relationship between the factors in an electronic (E) recruitment data set. The attributes of E recruitment data set are represented in the form of k satisfiability logical representation. We proposed the logical representation to 2-satisfiability and 3-satisfiability representation, which are regarded as a systematic logical representation. The E recruitment data set is obtained from an insurance agency in Malaysia, with the aim of extracting the relationship of dominant attributes that contribute to positive recruitment among the potential candidates. Thus, our approach is evaluated according to correctness, robustness and accuracy of the induced logic obtained, corresponding to the E recruitment data. According to the experimental simulations with different number of neurons, the findings indicated the effectiveness and robustness of energy based k satisfiability reverse analysis with Hopfield neural network in extracting the dominant attributes toward positive recruitment in the insurance agency in Malaysia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e23010040","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,30]],"date-time":"2020-12-30T09:35:23Z","timestamp":1609320923000},"page":"40","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Energy Based Logic Mining Analysis with Hopfield Neural Network for Recruitment Evaluation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7715-433X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Siti Zulaikha","family":"Mohd Jamaludin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9125-1101","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohd Shareduwan","family":"Mohd Kasihmuddin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Ahmad Izani","family":"Md Ismail","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3516-5898","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohd. 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